Question

词汇运用：用所给单词的正确形式填空。

Coffee  1  （be）a part of people’s lives for thousands of years，and today it is still a favorite drink of  2  （million）of people in the world．Coffee is so popular，but do you know the story of coffee and how it  3  （discover）?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa a long time ago One day，a  4  （farm）was watching his sheep，and he saw them  5  （eat）some small  6  （berry）（种子）from a plant．After they  7  （eat）the berries，the sheep became very active．The man often felt  8  （tire），so he decided  9  （try）the berries too．Surprisingly，he didn’t feel tired any  10  （much）．Coffee plants were thus discovered．People found that coffee plants  11  （grow）well in many parts of South America，so large coffee farms  12  （start），and many coffee plants were grown．On these farms，coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand．Then the beans were dried and prepared for market  13  （sell）．Coffee was sent to all over the world，and soon became very popular．

Answer 1

1．has been                 2．millions                  3．was discovered

4．farmer                    5．eat                         6．berries                    7．ate

8．tired                       9．to try                     10．more                     11．grew

12．were started          13．to sell